Post by account_disabled on Dec 27, 2023 0:38:54 GMT -5
You learn to write by writing. Writing itself is the best writing gym, the greatest teacher, obviously combined with a healthy and honest self-criticism. I thought back to when I wrote as a boy, to when I rocketed off to write horror and science fiction stories, to starting and never finishing fantasy novels and to what I learned from those mistakes, from that amateurism that was naive but full of passion for writing. And I discovered 4 important writing lessons that made it easier for me to write stories and even articles for the web. 1) Non-writing is as necessary as writing Planning stories, planning books, sketching plots, jotting down ideas, documenting: all this work is not really writing: rather it is non-writing .
But it is a job that is not only necessary, but also facilitates the entire creative process of the writer. It falls within the so-called prescription . When I started writing stories, I just wrote: I had a vague idea and I started writing. Some will say that this is exactly how it is written. In reality it is just a method and, as such, it works for some and not for others. It didn't work for me: my first stories are unreadable, full of gaps, narrative naivety, with characters with invented and therefore non-existent names, with multiple Special Data writing styles coexisting in the same story. It's all about finding your own writing method . I feel comfortable writing with preparatory work behind me, with material ready. Documentation, above all, for any book you want to write, should absolutely not be overlooked: reading books and articles themed to the text we are writing generates ideas and stimuli for further study.
My political essay in progress attests to this: dozens of sources consulted which allowed me to delve deeper into the topic, offering me more room for maneuver and a broadening of the topic covered. 2) Know your productivity and exploit it When are you most productive? Answer this question before you start writing. Of course, productivity in writing must find a way to express itself outside of working, school or university hours: let's therefore say that in a certain sense, productivity for writers must be concentrated in their free time. But we can always find a period of time in the day when we are most productive, when we can write both freely and profitably. For some it is the night hours, for others very early in the morning, before dawn, for still others the late afternoon or evening, for others only the weekend. Knowing when we are most productive allows us to write more consistently, but above all more quickly.
But it is a job that is not only necessary, but also facilitates the entire creative process of the writer. It falls within the so-called prescription . When I started writing stories, I just wrote: I had a vague idea and I started writing. Some will say that this is exactly how it is written. In reality it is just a method and, as such, it works for some and not for others. It didn't work for me: my first stories are unreadable, full of gaps, narrative naivety, with characters with invented and therefore non-existent names, with multiple Special Data writing styles coexisting in the same story. It's all about finding your own writing method . I feel comfortable writing with preparatory work behind me, with material ready. Documentation, above all, for any book you want to write, should absolutely not be overlooked: reading books and articles themed to the text we are writing generates ideas and stimuli for further study.
My political essay in progress attests to this: dozens of sources consulted which allowed me to delve deeper into the topic, offering me more room for maneuver and a broadening of the topic covered. 2) Know your productivity and exploit it When are you most productive? Answer this question before you start writing. Of course, productivity in writing must find a way to express itself outside of working, school or university hours: let's therefore say that in a certain sense, productivity for writers must be concentrated in their free time. But we can always find a period of time in the day when we are most productive, when we can write both freely and profitably. For some it is the night hours, for others very early in the morning, before dawn, for still others the late afternoon or evening, for others only the weekend. Knowing when we are most productive allows us to write more consistently, but above all more quickly.